Ms Rejoice Mabudafhasi, MP, Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, will officially launch the WaterAid office on Wednesday, 25 July 2012, in Reitfontein Pretoria.
WaterAid is an international non-governmental organisation, working in 27 countries through four regional teams in Asia, West Africa, East Africa and Southern Africa.
WaterAid transforms lives by improving access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation in the world’s poorest communities. WaterAid works with local partners, who understand local issues, and provides them with the skills and support to help communities set up and manage practical and sustainable projects that meet their real needs.
WaterAid’s rationale in creating a regional office in South Africa is that it needs to be based closer to where programmes are being implemented and also where decisions are made. It is the intention to better support and develop the capacity of WaterAid’s country programmes and to maximise impact, including reaching out to more people without access to safe water and sanitation in the region. WaterAid used to operate from the United Kingdom.
Media is invited to attend the launch as follows:
Date: 25 July 2012
Venue: Marumati Building 491, 18th Ave Reitfontein Pretoria (Water Research Commission Building)
Time: 10h00
For RSVP and media enquiries:
Peter Mbelengwa (Spokesperson for the Deputy Minister)
Cell: 082 611 8197
E-mail: mbelengwap@dwa.gov.za
Yuven Gounden (WaterAid - communication consultant)
Cell: 071 470 8330
E-mail: yuvengounden@gmail.com
